HESIRE'S PANEL
Wood-HJl-km; W. 4ocm; th. 8 cm-Saqqar-‘l;
discovered by Mariette in mastaba A.3-Old Kingdom,
3 rd dynasty, c. 2700 B.C.
Hesire was a high official of the Third Dynasty
whose important titles included "chief of royal scribes,"
greatest of the Tens of Upper Egypt," "chief of Buto,"
and "chief dentist."
His mastaba (the Arabic word for "bench" used to
designate the private tombs of the Old Kingdom due to
their rectangular form and battered walls) was found at
Saqqara to the north of the funerary complex of king